Multiple Choice Questions

1. (p. 5)The first productive agricultural communities appeared in the 
   A. first-millennium B.C.E.
   B. third-millennium B.C.E.
   C. sixth-millennium B.C.E.
   D. second-millennium B.C.E.
   E. fourth-millennium B.C.E. 

2. (p. 6)Homo sapiens evolved 
   A. one million years ago.
   B. five hundred thousand years ago.
   C. one hundred thousand years ago.
   D. two hundred thousand years ago.
   E. forty thousand years ago. 

3. (p. 6)Which of the following is given in the correct chronological order? 
   A. Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo erectus, Australopithecus
   B. Australopithecus, Homo sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens sapiens
   C. Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Australopithecus, Homo sapiens sapiens
   D. Australopithecus, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens
   E. Australopithecus, Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens

4. (p. 7)The domestication of plants and animals is a hallmark of 
   A. the paleolithic era.
   B. the neolithic era.
   C. the hominids.
   D. Homo erectus.
   E. the first Homo sapiens.

5. (p. 6-7)Which of the following can be best credited for the expansion of Homo sapiens communities throughout the world? 
   A. land bridges
   B. writing
   C. hunting
   D. farming
   E. the work of the Greek historian Herodotus